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Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Cumberland Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 24001002300 · Allegany County, MD · pop 5,662 · 69% of tract blocks fall in Cumberland

With a score of 6/10, tract 24001002300 in Cumberland, MD reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,662 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 18% Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units2,493
Renter share26.0%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate18.6%
Median income$64,195

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 8 tracts In Cumberland
Low
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 22 tracts In Allegany County
Elevated
Within state
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#528 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Elevated
National
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#18,163 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cumberland and the region

Centroid at 39.6850, -78.7423 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cumberland scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Cumberland
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.1
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
18.6% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$850 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cumberland
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cumberland
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cumberland
7.8

How Cumberland compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cumberland risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 0023005.9Cumberlandparent city5.5Countyavg tract in county5.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Cumberland

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.4/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 38.9% across Allegany County. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.8/10.

The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Average gross rent is $850, 15% above the Cumberland average.

That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.3/10.

Against average income of $64,195, annual rent is just 16%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Allegany County average of 5.5 closely.

26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 24001002300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24001002300?

Census tract 24001002300 in Cumberland scores 6/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 24001002300?

Median gross rent is $850/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 24001002300?

18.6% of residents in tract 24001002300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,662.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 24001002300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 68th, minority 12th, housing 94th.
Q5

What share of households in tract 24001002300 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.3% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6

How does tract 24001002300 compare to Cumberland overall?

Tract 24001002300 scores 6/10, right in line with the parent city of Cumberland at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cumberland; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Cumberland

Top eight tracts in Cumberland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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